By
Michael Gambina Saturday, January 19, 2013
Hundreds rallied Saturday outside the State Capitol on "Gun Appreciation Day," protesting the prospect of new gun-control legislation in Washington and Hartford in response the shooting deaths of 26 children and educators in Newtown.
"Write your legislators, email them, call them, put the pressure on them," Robert Crook, a lobbyist for gun owners as director of the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, told the crowd. "Show up at the public hearings. Do the job, and we'll win."
A bipartisan legislative task force is holding public hearings beginning Friday.